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Xie Zhichan took a deep breath, as if he was ready to risk everything, and said, "My three shops are doing good business, and I was very pleased with myself. But when someone came to the door of the shop to cause trouble, I realized that I had neglected to inquire about the mountain in advance, and accidentally robbed the business of the Queen's cousin's husband's family, and thus offended Mr. Luo, the president of the Kyoto Chamber of Commerce.

Master Luo found a gangster named Ma Asan to cause trouble. Ma Asan was a vicious man. Not only did he poison his wife, he also carried his wife's body to my shop to cause trouble, slandering that the lip balm sold in my shop was poisonous and that was why his wife was poisoned.

Fortunately, Lord Zhang of the Dali Temple was very observant and investigated the case thoroughly. After the incident came to light, I, the minister, knew the reason.

I thought that since the Luo family is the husband's family of the Empress's cousin, I would never dare to anger the Empress, so it would be better to convert these three shops into silver and give them to the Luo family to keep the peace.

But thinking that these three shops were won by the emperor for me, I still have to go to the palace to tell the emperor, so that he won’t ask about it in the future. If he knows that I have exchanged the shops for cash, he will say that I don’t know what is good for me and that I am shallow and ignorant and only care about the small profits in front of me. "

When Emperor Jingde listened to Xie Zhichan telling him a story in detail, he knew that Xie Zhichan was speaking in a counterintuitive way. He openly said that he wanted to sell the shop to the Luo family in exchange for silver, but in fact he was unwilling to do so. Wasn't he coming to the palace to complain to him?

He snorted and said, "You said nice things, but you don't really think that way, do you? I heard that you schemed to win five thousand taels of silver from the Crown Prince at the Spring Banquet at the Princess's Mansion. You dared to offend the Crown Prince, so why are you afraid of offending the Queen?"

It is said that when Xie Zhichan and Pei Yi left Taiji Hall that day, Emperor Jingde sent away He Kun and his son, and then sent people to investigate the affairs of the Princess's Mansion. He learned that the Prince had actually been tricked by a young woman and lost five thousand taels of silver. He was furious, but at the same time thought that it would be good for the Prince to suffer a loss. When the Prince took his position in the future, he would know that he had to guard not only against the tigers and wolves in the court, but also against the jackals in the harem.

After hearing what Emperor Jingde said, Xie Zhichan pretended to be a little embarrassed and said, "Although I won five thousand taels from the prince, it was won in an open and aboveboard manner. But the Luo family wanted to steal my business, but it was not done in an open and aboveboard manner.

Your Majesty is a wise ruler, and I, your humble servant, naturally believe that the world ruled by a wise ruler is fair. However, the Luo family is, after all, the Empress's in-laws, and I am worried that the Empress will blame me, so I have to go to the palace again to beg the Emperor.

I am not too greedy for the three shops, but they have only been open for a short time, and the prince and I have put a lot of effort into them, just like raising a child slowly. They are also the hope of the prince and I for the rest of our lives.

Your Majesty, you don’t know that the name of Qianyuan Pavilion was chosen by the prince, and the logo was also drawn by the prince. Even if I can give up my hard work, I don’t want the prince’s hard work to be wasted. "

When Emperor Jingde heard her say this, he also thought that Pei Yi would never have a child of his own in this life, and this was a stupid thing the prince had done, so he shouldn't be too overt about it.

Liu Yushi, who was kneeling beside him, suddenly perked up when he heard the words "Qianyuan Pavilion" and asked Xie Zhichan, "Princess, can you tell me again, what is the name of your shop?"

Although Xie Zhichan had not consulted with Censor Liu, he knew that there must be a reason why he asked in the Golden Palace, so he simply replied: "Sir, my shop is called 'Qianyuan Pavilion'."

Liu Yushi asked again, "But what about the Qianyuan Pavilion that has been very popular in Kyoto recently?"

Xie Zhichan nodded: "That's right."

Liu Yushi's eyes lit up, his pupils slightly dilated, staring at Xie Zhichan, and asked again very seriously: "The Crown Prince's Concubine just said how much commercial tax you paid in the second month? Can you tell me again?"

Xie Zhichan was of course very cooperative and replied, "In the second month, I will pay one-tenth of Qianyuan Pavilion's first month's profit, which is three thousand taels. I will pay the tax in person at the Chamber of Commerce."

Censor Liu immediately turned around and reported to Emperor Jingde: "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince's Consort said that Qianyuan Pavilion paid 3,000 taels of commercial tax last month, but the account book of the Commercial Tax Bureau only records 2,400 taels. Did the other 600 taels of silver disappear?"

Emperor Jingde's face was as gloomy as a dark cloud covering a city. He picked up the account book he had just read, turned to the name of Qianyuan Pavilion, took a glance, and threw the account book at the official of the Commercial Taxation Bureau, and said angrily like thunder: "Chen Yong! You still dare to say that there is no problem with the account of the Commercial Taxation Bureau?! Do you know that corruption and bribery are crimes of deceiving the emperor, and I can kill all your nine clans?!"

The official in charge of the Commercial Tax Bureau was originally named Chen Yong. He was a distant relative of the Cao family, and his ancestors were also founding heroes. With such a background, it would take a lot of effort for Emperor Jingde to execute his entire clan. What he said at this moment was just a way to scare him in a rage.

But when the emperor was angry, millions of people died, and no one dared to treat it as a joke.

As soon as Emperor Jingde said this, Chen Yong, who was already sweating profusely from fear, trembled even more and kowtowed, begging for mercy: "Your Majesty, spare my life! This was not my idea, it was the Crown Prince's idea!"

Pei Yi interrupted at this time and said, "What does this have to do with the Crown Prince? Could it be that the Commercial Tax Supervisor of the Ministry of Revenue has enriched himself and is now blaming the Crown Prince?"

Chen Yong cried and argued: "The missing 20% ​​of the commercial tax did go into the prince's private treasury."

Pei Yi sneered, "How ridiculous! There are so many merchants in the capital, many of whom are from the families of officials. How come these merchants won't report you if you do this?"

Chen Yong immediately explained: "Because there are so many shops in Kyoto, it is a hassle to collect the commercial taxes from each shop every month. The Commercial Tax Supervisor does not have so many people to run around, so this matter is entrusted to the Kyoto Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce is responsible for collecting the commercial taxes and registering them every month, and the Commercial Tax Supervisor is only responsible for acceptance. Therefore, the silver received by the Commercial Tax Supervisor is consistent with the account book, except that the properties of a few officials of the Commercial Tax Supervisor are recorded as the actual amount collected, so the officials of the Commercial Tax Supervisor did not find any problems.

When I accidentally discovered the problem, 20% of the commercial taxes for the whole of last year had already gone into the prince's private treasury. However, I did not have solid evidence and did not dare to impeach His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at will. I could only turn a blind eye and let the matter drag on until now.

Your Majesty, I really did not intend to deceive you, I just failed to notice it. "

Pei Yi induced Chen Yong to tell the whole story, and after he cleared up the emperor's doubts, he kept silent for the time being. He knew that he needed to give the emperor some time to calm down.

Emperor Jingde became angrier the more he listened. Does this mean that two-tenths of the silver that should have gone into his pocket was secretly stolen by his son?

This is really his good son, he even started stealing from home!

I saw the emperor's face change from shock, anger, gloom, to ridicule, and then return to calm again.

I just don’t know what’s going on in the emperor’s mind.

Pei Yi said again: "Your Majesty, if that's the case, then the Luo family is really ambitious and must have instigated the prince to have evil thoughts.

I have the confession of the troublemaker invited by the Luo family, please read it carefully. I don't want to hold the Luo family accountable and make things difficult for the Empress, but the Luo family is so bold that they secretly embezzled tax silver in the name of the Crown Prince. They are really unworthy of being the president of the Kyoto Chamber of Commerce.

I beg the Emperor to decree the dismissal of Luo Wanjin, the president of the Chamber of Commerce. I also hope that the Luo family will be compensated for deliberately causing trouble at the gate of Qianyuan Pavilion and damaging its reputation. "

After listening to Pei Yi's words, Emperor Jingde suddenly came to his senses. Even if the prince had stolen something, he could not depose him. Otherwise, the Jin Dynasty would be in turmoil. It would be better to follow Pei Yi's words and let the Luo family be the scapegoat.

Emperor Jingde had made up his mind about this matter, but he also needed to appease the Prince and Princess of Yan's Mansion, so he asked Xie Zhichan: "This matter was done by the Luo family, what compensation do you want from the Princess? Do you want me to write you another note so that you can follow my order and go to the Luo family to take over the shop?"

Xie Zhichan thought that this dog emperor was quite sensible, but smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I am not very ambitious. I only have three shops. I cannot always rely on your power to rob shops everywhere. However, I heard that the Luo family has a hot spring villa in the suburbs of Beijing. Unfortunately, it is not well managed. It is just a waste of beautiful mountains and waters. I think it would be better if Your Majesty gave this place to me. I will definitely manage it well and contribute at least this amount of commercial tax to Your Majesty every year."

Then she raised one hand and stretched out two fingers.

Emperor Jingde was surprised when he saw this. Could the Princess of Yan contribute 20,000 taels of commercial tax to the Jin Dynasty every year just by building a hot spring villa?

He suddenly had a bold idea: What if all the shops in Kyoto belonged to her? Or what if she became the president of the Kyoto Chamber of Commerce?